Van Drew for Congress

Democrats won't have that problem in the next couple of years.

Just to name some of these races, a slew of Democrats, again, toppled Republican incumbents, including Rebecca Bennett in New Jersey, who defeated Congressman Thomas Keene Jr., Another Democratic candidate in New Jersey, Zachary Mullock, ousted Republican Jeff Van Drew.

Paige Cognetti, a Pennsylvania Democrat, defeated her Republican opponent in the state's 8th district.

Democrat Zach Dembo flipped a red seat in Kentucky.

has not yet called New Jersey's second congressional district.

Republican incumbent Jeff Van Drew has conceded to Democratic challenger Zach Mullock, the Cape May mayor.

Action News reporter Trish Hartman heard from both of those candidates in that race.

Democrats calling this a historic win.

Cape May Mayor Zach Mullock has claimed victory here in Cape May.

Congressman Jeff Van Drew conceding around 10 p.m.

He was seeking a fifth term in Congress.

Now, this is a district that has voted red in the past several elections.

Wait, so let me just hear you out.

Jeff Van Drew has lost? Is that what you're saying? He's lost the race, yes.

Wow, that is a biggie.

Jeff Van Drew, of course, who was a Democrat, then became a Republican, and then has been a very staunch supporter of, you know... border rights, a lot of different issues.

That is a shocker.

That I don't think was expected.

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Betsy McCoy, a former New York lieutenant governor.

Even the main race is slow developing, but the races around here are almost universally not good.

We may know tomorrow when I come on at noon, or dawn, maybe, the race in Bucks County, the Van Drew race, it may go to that point, because I don't know if they're going to keep counting, I guess so, through the night.

But at some point, we will have the results.

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It's not over as far as the Senate.

If the Senate somehow or another is pulled out, then this will be a work in progress here.

But to see what's going on with Fitzpatrick and Van Drew is just really trouble.

Look, I differ with Brian Fitzpatrick on any number of things, but The guy has been tremendous for Bucks County in that his connection to Bucks County, the stuff that he does, and he doesn't fit the bill out there in Bucks County.

This race was called with a 60 to 38 percent margin.

Now, the other House races include South Jersey GOP Congressman Jeff Van Drew as the incumbent, losing in the second district, though, against Democratic Cape May Mayor Zach Mullock.

North Jersey's seventh, you heard that called at this point, with Bennett winning that as the projected winner over Tom Kane Jr., Now, nationally, you have Democrats holding a 101-55 lead over Republicans in the House and in the Senate.

Democratic candidates hold a 45-35 seat lead over Republicans at this point.

Now among the House races, South Jersey's 2nd District, one of the more closely watched races.

You have Republican incumbent Jeff Van Drew right now.

trailing the Democratic challenger, the Cape May Mayor, Zach Mullock.

That's in the 2nd District in South Jersey.

From Newtown, Bucks County, Matt Coughlin, KYW Newsradio, 103.9.

In New Jersey, Jeff Van Drew, Republican incumbent congressman and a longtime fixture in South Jersey politics, concedes to Democrat Cape May Mayor Zach Mullock in the 2nd Congressional District.

KYW's Jeremy Russ reports from Van Drew's election night headquarters.

Van Drew conceded to Mullock once about 60% of the votes had been counted.

in places like the 2nd Congressional District than we saw four and even certainly two years ago.

But Republicans are turning out and winning the early vote, or excuse me, winning the Election Day vote, rather, in places like the 2nd Congressional District, where our friend Jeff Van Drew is trying to hold off the mayor of Cape May City, Zach Mollick.

And, you know, Beyonce, South Jersey Dom, Republicans have been doing pretty well today in Texas and Florida, even in certain areas of Ohio.

So we've been telling people for months now, not just weeks, take these polls in these betting markets with a grain of salt, not ready to predict anything maybe, but I think that advice is going to be validated by the time the night's done.

And historically, this has been a reliable Republican stronghold.

Jeff Van Drew, the Republican, thought that he was going to maybe walk away with this race, but all of a sudden it has gotten close.

in the last couple weeks.

So Democrats are hoping to flip two seats tonight.